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Foreclosures & Tax Sales in Pennsylvania
Free official platform
Tax Claim Bureau sale lists AND repository lists are public and increasingly posted free online county by county; sheriff lists free. Repository = standing buy-it-now inventory - a distinctive free channel.
Foreclosure in Pennsylvania
Process type
Judicial foreclosure
Where official sales publish
See the source list below — official notices and auction listings for Pennsylvania.
Official & major foreclosure sources
- Auction.com (foreclosure + REO auctions, all 50 states)
- Hubzu (bank-owned + foreclosure auctions)
- Xome (REO/foreclosure auctions)
- RealtyTrac (ATTOM; pre-foreclosure/auction/REO listings, paid)
- Foreclosure.com (paid listing aggregator)
- HUD HomeStore (federal REO, free)
- Fannie Mae HomePath (federal REO, free)
- County Sheriff sales - monthly in major counties; sheriff sale lists published free online (e.g., Philadelphia/ Allegheny sheriff sites)
No single public link — start from your county government site and search for “Pennsylvania sheriff sale”, “public trustee sale”, or the county newspaper of record for legal notices.
Tax sales in Pennsylvania
Channel
Tax deed via County Tax Claim Bureaus: Upset Price sales, Judicial sales, and Repository (over-the-counter) lists
Platform
County Tax Claim Bureaus (mostly county-run; some counties list online); Grant Street ClerkAuction lineage in Allegheny
Sale schedule
Upset sales annual (fall); judicial sales periodic; repository sales ONGOING over-the-counter
Redemption basics
None after sale (redemption only before sale in limited cases)
Redemption periods and sale dates are state-level basics — counties deviate. Confirm against the county's own sale notice for the current cycle.
Wholesaling in Pennsylvania is restricted — read this first
Act 52 (eff. Jan 2025): real estate LICENSE required to wholesale + 4 mandatory disclosures + 30-day non-waivable cancellation; Philadelphia adds a city wholesaler license. Unlicensed = summary offense, no right to sue for the fee.
Education only — not legal advice. Confirm your approach with a local real estate attorney before you sign anything.
Local notes
PA repository lists are the closest thing to a free 'deal shelf' in the scan - feature them; PA page must carry the licensing warning prominently.
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